This is for every teacher who refuses to be blamed for the failure of our society to erase poverty and inequality, and refuses to accept assessments, tests and evaluations imposed by those who have contempt for real teaching and learning.

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Sunday, May 17, 2015

WE
DIDN’T NEED A SURVEY TO TELL US THIS!! OH YES WE DID!!

By
BATs Survey Team

Have
you ever found yourself very worried about something but didn't know what you
could do about it?

A
small group of BATS became very worried at the levels of stress that were being
reported by teachers. It was very clear that stress was affecting teachers
physical and mental health to the point that some teachers were actually dying.
When the rate of deaths started to increase, the group of BATs realized they
needed to gather data to bring to government agencies. They immediately started
working on a survey. Six months later, with logistic assistance from the AFT,
their survey was launched and drew close to 32,000 teachers in a matter of ten
days. Overwhelmed by the response and the mounds of data produced, the authors
of the survey realized that they had taken the stress they had experienced in
their own lives to help other teachers. "This was never about politics or
union competition," said one of the teachers. "This was about human
lives and trying to give so many silenced voices the chance to be heard."

Our
Data will speak volumes to those that judge from afar!The single problem the BAT
SURVEY team sees on current research in education is (1) they are writing as
researchers (outsiders) rather than survivors (insiders).And they don't see that they don't see.

These
statistics in our survey are directly from the trenches! They do not use VAM
and are not based upon a test written to produce failure with a convoluted cut
score that is so secret no one can speak of it. This data represents real human
beings who have been made into collateral damage for the express purpose of
profit and corporate greed. Our children and generations to come will be the
human casualties of a war on public education to merely profit the chosen few.
WE KNOW THE END GAME.

Our
data and survey results will reveal the true human cost.

At
no time in our history has the education work environment ever been
scientifically studied by NIOSH or the USDOE. WHY IS THIS?? WE NEED TO DEMAND
AN ANSWER!

A
teacher’s work environment is a students learning environment! Why has USDOE
neglected this important fact? WE NEED TO DEMAND AN ANSWER!

WHEN
77% of the teachers and school staff say there is not enough staff to get all
the necessary work done. WE NEED TO DEMAND AN ANSWER!

When
79% of the teachersand school staff say
they are not treated with respect by elected officials, WE NEED TO DEMAND AN
ANSWER!

When
86% of teachers and school staff say their feeling about their profession has
changed over the past two to three years WE NEED TO DEMAND AN ANSWER!

When
73% find their work stressful OFTEN and 78% are physically and emotionally
exhausted at the end of their day. WE NEED TO DEMAND AN ANSWER!

When
51% characterize their schools facility as poor to fair WE NEED TO DEMAND AN
ANSWER!

THIS
FOLKS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG!

WE
NEED TO DEMAND USDOE AND NIOSH CONDUCT A SCIENTIFIC STUDY THAT IS PEER
REVIEWED!

WE
NEED CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS!

IT
IS TIME TO HUMANIZE THE TEACHING PROFESSION!

Please
support the our BATsSurvey Team

Take
the survey if you haven’t already and sign the petition calling for a USDOE AND
NIOSH scientific study.